Frances Fitzgerald
Ceist:215 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Defence the number of new cases for deafness compensation made in each of the months in 1998 and to date. [5118/99]
Written Answers. - Hearing Impairment Claims.
The information requested is set out in the following tabular statement:
|
Month |
Number of New Cases |
|
January 1998 |
600.00 |
|
February 1998 |
355.00 |
|
March 1998 |
288.00 |
|
April 1998 |
212.00 |
|
May 1998 |
262.00 |
|
June 1998 |
188.00 |
|
July 1998 |
281.00 |
|
August 1998 |
166.00 |
|
September 1998 |
201.00 |
|
October 1998 |
169.00 |
|
November 1998 |
68.00 |
|
December 1998 |
64.00 |
|
January 1999 |
100.00 |
|
February 1999 (to date) |
63.00 |
The average number of claims received per month in 1998 is 238. The total number of claims received to date for alleged hearing loss from current and former members of the Defence Forces is 13,880.